Heights and Human Welfare: Recent Developments and New Directions

NBER Working Paper No. 14536Issued in December 2008, Revised in December 2011

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The author thanks Joerg Baten, Scott Carson, Dora Costa, Angus Deaton, John Komlos, Tim Leunig, Marco Sunder, and Joachim Voth for comments and suggestions. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.